As a piano player you have three choices available to you for learning; these are, note reading, piano tabs, and chord-based approach.

Most students who use piano tabs do so because they want to avoid the note reading approach altogether. They just want to be able to quickly play their favorite tunes without having to invest a substantial amount of time learning musical notation. These same students would be able to learn the piano even quicker if they learned a chord-based approach first. Here's why.

It's Quick. Guitar players know this. They don't spend months learning note reading but dive into chord playing right away. In fact, guitarists may be the only musicians who do this on a regular basis - hence the popularity of this instrument. Within just a few minutes, they have learned their first chord and are off enjoying music. Pianists can also learn this approach but usually don't because they either don't know about it, or think it's too difficult. They think they must learn sophisticated Jazz voicing or some other complicated harmony first. Nope. A piano player can quickly create music as fast as the guitarist and all it takes is just rudimentary knowledge of a few chords.

It's Easy. How hard is it to place your fingers on a chord? It's actually easier for the pianist to do this than the guitar player. There are no steel strings to hurt the fingers. No need to press down on the fretboard. Just place your fingers on a chord, depress the keys, and voila - a piano chord. In fact, you can be playing and creating modern sounding music much easier than the guitar player. Especially if you use the open position chord. Here we have a modern sound that uses both hands to full capacity. And it's easy!

Don't waste your time learning piano tablature. Learn chords instead. That way, you'll be able to sound more professional in less time than practically any other method!